Cascine (Louisburg, North Carolina)

Cascine is a historic plantation complex and national historic district located near Louisburg, Franklin County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 12 contributing buildings, 4 contributing sites, and 3 contributing structures. The main house was built about 1850, and is a large two-story, Greek Revival style frame dwelling, in the manner of Jacob W. Holt, with Gothic Revival style influences. Also on the property is a small, one-story frame dwelling dated to about 1752. It was repaired and refurbished in the mid-20th century. Also on the property are the contributing brick kitchen, frame stable, granary, carriage house, family cemetery, slave cemetery, remains of slave quarters, tenant house, six log and frame tobacco barns, grist mill complex, and archaeological sites.[2][3]

Cascine
Cascine early house, HABS Photo, June 1940
LocationS of Louisburg on SR 1702; also the northern side of NC 1702, near Louisburg, North Carolina
Coordinates36°2′21″N 78°19′25″W
Area1,287 acres (521 ha)
Builtc. 1752 (1752), c. 1850
Built byJeremiah and Dr. A.S. Perry
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.73001342, 85003114 (Boundary Increase)[1]
Added to NRHPApril 26, 1973, December 4, 1985 (Boundary Increase)

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, with a boundary increase in 1985.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Survey and Planning Unit Staff (November 1972). "Cascine" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
  3. Michael Hill and Beth Thomas (June 1985). "Cascine (Boundary Increase)" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.

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